World of Hibernia articles from September 2000

World of Hibernia archives from September 2000

letters.
September 22, 2000... Editor: I found the Spring issue of The World of Hibernia very interesting and enjoyable. Reading it feels like a trip through Ireland, its landscapes, customs, people and fascinating history (and stories!)--the article about Donegal was...

ERRATUM.
September 22, 2000... The immigrant landing lists from the records of the Boston City Treasurer for 11 May and 14 May 1847, which were used on the cover, pages 32-34, 38 and 41 of the summer 2000 issue of The World of Hibernia, should have been credited to the City...

What's Hot.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... The National Museum of Ireland will soon be in possession of artifacts and materials belonging to legendary designer and architect EILEEN GRAY. The museum fought off the Pompidou Centre to acquire this major collection of furniture, work tools,...

A Tale of Two ... Lawyers.(David O'Donohoe)(Patrick Joseph Francis Comerford)(Interview)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Dublin David O'Donohoe Where were you born? Dublin, Ireland. Age: 40. Marital Status: I am married to Orla and we have four sons--Harry (9), Jack (7), Freddie (5) and Milo (2). Where do you live? We own a...

John Banville: Eclipse.(Review)
September 22, 2000... John Banville: Eclipse (Picador, $24) John Banville's new novel is certainly smaller in terms of plot than its immediate predecessor, and most densely plotted work to date, The Untouchable (1997), but it is no less profound. As ever, the...

Maeve Brennan: The Rose Garden.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Maeve Brennan: The Rose Garden (Counterpoint, $23 dollars) When The Springs of Affection was published three years ago, it was widely acclaimed. "I had forgotten how pure and strong so many of Maeve Brennan's stories are," Alice Munro...

Celtic Divas.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Celtic Divas (Claddagh/Atlantic) The term "diva" has been much bandied about and rather abused these days. Thanks to folks at cable music networks, "divas" are now larger-than-life, egomaniacal, overly dressed and made-up female artists....

The Young Dubliners: Red.(Review)
September 22, 2000... The Young Dubliners: Red (Omtown/Higher Octave) The young Celtic rock sextet The Young Dubliners have amassed themselves a slew of friends in high places. The Los Angeles-based crew of Irish and American musicians have built a reputation...

Sinead O'Connor: Faith & Courage.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Sinead O'Connor: Faith & Courage (Atlantic Records) Sinead O'Connor has long been one of Ireland's most successful and, let's be honest, controversial artists. I have no doubt whatsoever, that Sinead is quite sincere in her expressed...

Charlie Lennon: Time for a Tune.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Charlie Lennon: Time for a Tune (Worldmusic) Hailing from the strong musical traditions of Sligo/Leitrim Charlie Lennon is one of the most remarkable individuals currently working in the realm of traditional Irish music. Charlie has been...

Walking in Glendalough.(travelling to County Wicklow, Ireland)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Wicklow is a land of majestic mountains and spectacular valleys like Glenmalure, Glencree, Glenmacnass, Glen of Immal and of course the famous Glendalough, which is famed for its beautiful scenery and historic monuments. It has been a centre...

From Wadsworth to Clontarf.(article follows progress of American family relocated to Ireland)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Relocating to a new country is a major decision for any family--finding schools for children, making new friends, and just dealing with the practicalities and eccentricities of a different culture can send stress levels soaring. In this, the...

PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST A QUESTION OF SCALE.(Desmond Kinney)
September 22, 2000... EPIC IS PERHAPS THE BEST WORD TO DESCRIBE THE WORK OF DERRY-BORN ARTIST AND MURALIST DESMOND KINNEY. WHETHER YOU REFER TO HIS MASSIVE MOSAIC DEPICTIONS OF THE HEROES OF IRISH LEGEND OR THE EPIC QUALITIES SUGGESTED BY THE WEATHERED FACES AND...

Sister Cities, Soul Mates.(Chicago, Galway)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... The alliance of Chicago and the city of Galway on the rocky western coast of Ireland makes perfect sense. Although disproportionally contrasting in size--Chicago's population numbers more than 3.5 million to Galway's 55,000--there are...

THE THRILL OF THE RACE.(horse racing)
September 22, 2000... It's not Kentucky, Longchamps, Epsom, or Dubai. Nor will you find too many of the blue bloods of the world's horseracing industry there, but ask any true racing fan where he wants to be at the height of summer and there is only one answer,...

Galway Highlights.
September 22, 2000... GALWAY HAS A WELL-DESERVED REPUTATION FOR BEING THE LIVELIEST CITY IN IRELAND. From March to October it's festival time in the western capital, with Ireland's biggest Arts Festival, a major Film Festival, the famous Galway Races and two...

The Cradle of Irish Theater.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... The proper study of theater is not possible without a space in to which theater may come and become real. --Professor Vincent Woods The recent opening of the Bank of Ireland Theater on the campus of the National University of Ireland,...

The Quakers in Ireland.
September 22, 2000... After almost three and a half centuries, the Religious Society of Friends is still very much alive in Ireland and elsewhere. Probably better known as the Quakers they have made a quiet but firm contribution to the development of Ireland in...

Island Life.(Inishbofin Island)
September 22, 2000... Inishbofin Island located five nautical miles off the North Connemara village of Cleggan is a small landmass, measuring two miles long by three miles wide. The diversity of scenery, on this tiny place is so extraordinary that nature experts...

THE IRISH TODAY--A CELEBRATION OF IRELAND AND THE IRISH DIASPORA.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... When World of Hibernia chairman Kevin Kelly first told me of his idea for a 304-page coffee table book that celebrated Ireland and Irish people around the world, I was bowled over by his enthusiasm and the scale of his vision. And I was...

Gael Force in the Windy City.(Chicago )
September 22, 2000... My Chicago BY ALDERMAN EDWARD BURKE Chicago is the most American city in the US. That's not just a careless, easy boast. It is a fact reinforced by the inescapable character of our "Prairie" personality. And it is enhanced as well by...

The FALL and Rise of the IRISH Language.
September 22, 2000... In the last few centuries... it had become the language of poverty, the language of the dispossessed, of the geographically and economically marginalized. With associations of famine and mass emigration, what was once a major European language...

FIRST MAN OF THE Chicago STAGE.(John Mahoney)
September 22, 2000... There is no more irascible character in American pop television cultural than "Marty Crane," the Seattle ex-cop dad of Dr. Frazier Crane and his kooky brother Niles. Portrayed by Chicago actor John Mahoney, Marty Crane continues to cope with...

MEET THE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND BOARD OF DIRECTORS.(Elizabeth Frawley Bagley)(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... Fourth in a multi-part series Having spent the past 25 years working in the ever-changing world of US politics, Elizabeth Frawley Bagley understands the importance of reaching out to constituents, fundraising and networking in order to...

The Taste and the Country.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Mike Bunn is one of the greatest photographers living and working in Ireland today. His stunning book, Ireland--The Taste and the Country has been reprinted due to popular demand and we are delighted to present and excerpt in The World of...

A LEAGUE OF HER OWN.(Anne Donovan, Indiana Fever womens basketball coach)
September 22, 2000... It's a warm night in late June, and inside New York's Madison Square Garden, Indiana Fever head coach Anne Donovan has just watched her team lose to the New York Liberty on a last-second shot. The heartbreaker is another bump in the road in...

CORPORATE CHIEFTAINS.(Patrick Byrnes, Overstock.com, cycles to raise cancer research charity money)
September 22, 2000... PATRICK BYRNE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OVERSTOCK.COM If you polled CEOs around the world and asked them what they did this summer, few would reply that they bicycled 3,750 miles alone in an effort to raise millions of dollars for cancer...

OF DRAMA AND DIVAS.(Royal Theatre opera festival, Wexford, Ireland)
September 22, 2000... If you start exploring the narrow, winding streets of the beautiful Norman town of Wexford, you will be hard put to find a building suggesting anything theatrical, much less the presence of a world-famous opera house. When you stroll along the...

Inspirational Figures from Irish History.(Lady Isabella Augusta Gregory, Samuel Beckett, playwrights)
September 22, 2000... Lady (Isabella) Augusta Gregory 1852-1932 PLAYWRIGHT The influence of playwright and theater director, Lady Augusta Gregory on Irish literary life cannot be overstated. She was a patron of the poet and dramatist, W. B. Yeats, and...

Castle of Dreams.(Barrettstown Castle, Ireland, children with cancer camp)
September 22, 2000... Deep in the heart of County Kildare lies a fairytale castle set amid lush parkland. But this is no luxurious hotel for stressed-out stars. Barrettstown Castle is home to the Barretstown Gang Camp. It is a retreat for children with cancer, a...

Places to Stay.(hotels and motels, Ireland)
September 22, 2000... LISDONAGH HOUSE Caherlistrane Co. Galway Tel: +353 93 31163 Fax: + 353 93 31528 Website: www.Lisdonagh.com Georgian Country House Available for exclusive weekly rental B&B price guide IR80.00 [pounds sterling]-IR90.00 [pounds...

Romantic Ireland is Alive and Well.(Ballybunion bachelor festival and including article on wedding details)
September 22, 2000... I have spread my dreams under your feet Tread softly because you tread on my dreams Bachelor Boys in Ballyunion BY TIM RYAN It's a town famous for its beaches and its world famous golf club--thanks to a visit by President Bill...

The Matchmaking Tradition.(marriage brokerage, Ireland)
September 22, 2000... Taxes and death--the only two certainties in life." The bar philosopher put down his pint of Guinness, "and the two uncertainties are love and wealth; so we'll always have politicians and priests, and we'll always need matchmakers." In...

NOVEMBER SILENCE.(author remembers her great uncle and his experiences in World War I)(Short Story)
September 22, 2000... He had been shot, he told me, in the Dardanelles. A listening child of eleven years old, and much too young then to know anything about anywhere outside my own town of Dublin, I assumed the Dardanelles must be a part of his body, some place at...

Lost Friends.(Gretta Curran Browne on her work, participation of Irish soldiers in World War I)(Interview)
September 22, 2000... * What is the inspiration for this story? Christy was my inspiration. It has always been my intention to write something about him, but until now it has just been random thoughts and small remembrances scribbled in a notebook. I think it...

Maeve Brennan.(Brief Article)
September 22, 2000... She's one of the great Irish short story writers of the 20th century, but until recently few people, even lovers of literature, knew of her. Although her published stories date from 1950 to the 1970s, she's not mentioned in any of the standard...